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Alanna and James began their journey toward Lothlorien which would be about a long days walk because James knew a rather handy shortcut. It was not easy to travel by foot and involved a lot of bouldering but Alanna and James were moving along quite well. James informed Alanna on most of the news the Agents had told him, but not about how they needed her to testify in court, he did not want to pressure her. Alanna too informed him of what he had missed and told him about most of her time in Middle Earth. They had to hide occasionally when Alanna saw a flock of crows that she thought might be spies of Saruman.

"You know, it was defiantly not this bad, when I travelled here last time." Said James once they had come out of hiding once again. He noticed already that Middle Earth had changed quite a lot since when he was here. There was a great tension in the air.

"Really? After I left Rivendell this is all I seem to be doing in climbing mountains." Said Alanna thinking he might have meant the particular path they were travelling on and how different the climbing was.

"Well that and catching the eye of a certain elfin prince. So how did that happen exactly?"

"Legolas was the first person I met when I arrived in Middle Earth. I have known him longer than anyone here. I didn't mean for it to happen it just did, I am not sure when it really started that friendship became more of something else. God he probably thinks I'm dead right now…" She said with worry, she could only imagine what sort of horrible thoughts might be running through his head.

"He will be happy to see you once we reach Lothlorien then, won't he?" Said James noticing how said his friend looked. She really did care greatly for the elf and although part of him was glad she had found someone in her life to care for in such a way it also pained him knowing the difficulties that lay ahead for the pair…

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Inside the mines it was very dark after the rocks fells closing off the entrance. A faint light began to form on the staff Gandalf was holding casting a glow around his face as he spoke. However Legolas was not listening and used the faint light to look around the Fellowship, and what his noticed caused his heart to stop for a moment in panic.

"Where is Alanna?" He said with urgency.

The rest of the Fellowship looked around as well as Legolas went over to where most of the rocks had fallen and pressed his ear to one hoping perhaps to hear something on the other side, but he heard nothing but silence.

"Well…maybe she's just stuck on the other side. That thing won't be back for awhile, she would head back to Rivendell then right?" Said Sam who always tried to look on the bright side.

"Perhaps,Sam. Keep walking you heard Gandalf it's a four days journey through Moria, I will catch up with you in a moment." Said Aragon knowing they had other tasks to deal with at the moment. They all knew what they had signed up for. Gandalf nodded and lead the hobbits and Boromir down some of the entryway, Gimli had paused for a moment before heading away with them as well.

"Anything?" He asked with concern, having a slight amount of hope Alanna was on the other side. However he had a feeling if she was she would have called for help if not it was likely she was crushed during the rock fall.

"No, only silence…" Said Legolas grief filling his words.

Aragon closed his eyes for a moment and let out a sigh of grief as well. "I'm sorry to have to do this to you friend, but we must press on."

"We must see the ring to Mordor." Said Legolas nodding in understanding. Aragon could see however that his friend was in a great deal of pain and this worried him greatly. Alanna had been a good friend of his and he death had been something none of them were really prepared for.

They quickly caught up with the rest of the group and once could almost instantly notice the tension and sadness that was there. No one spoke until they reached a part of the cavern that branched off into three directions.

"I have not memory of this place." He said before sitting down on a rock in the middle of it all.

"Are we lost?" whispered Pippin to Merry.

"No, I don't think we are shhh Gandalf's thinking." Scolded Merry.

"Merry, Alanna's just trapped outside the cave right? I mean everyone's acting like she died, but she's fine isn't she?" Said Pippin. At this point in time Legolas left the group who was standing a few feet away from Gandalf to sit by himself further away from the light. Aragon noticed this and said to the hobbit. "If you wish to have hope, you may do so Master Hobbit, some of us are a little more jaded."

He looked over to see how his friend was doing and planned to go and talk to him when he noticed a rather peculiar sight. Gimli the dwarf had gone and taken a seat next to Legolas.

"I did not think elves like to sit alone in the dark." Said Gimli when he took a seat next to the elf.

"We don't, but it mirrors my grief. I knew one day she would die, I just did not think it would be so soon or so sudden. I was not prepared."

"She knew what she was signing up for, and she would have wanted us to continue on."

"I also recall her wanting us to be friends."

"I recall that as well."

It was then that Aragon came over to join them and said. "Gandalf has found the way."

They began their journey through the pathway Gandalf had chosen and Gimli had gone ahead more with the hobbits.

"Tis a peculiar sight an elf and a dwarf talking with one another." He said trying to lighten the mood a bit.

"Alanna, always said she wished us to put aside our difference and become friends. I believe we both feel the need to honor some of her last wishes."

"You were talking to her right before…if it does not pain you too much what was she talking about?" Said Aragon curious to know himself. He and Alanna had grown quite close over their journey, and he would surely miss her joyful spirit.

"She told me that she loved me." Said Legolas his expression unreadable. Although Aragorn had known for sometime how Alanna felt about Legolas she had never truly said that she loved him. He had heard earlier that day Legolas had told her how he felt but he did not know she had returned the sentiment. He wondered which would have been worse for Legolas, the fact that he knew she loved him before she died or if it would have been less painful to never know what he had lost. It also worried him greatly for other reasons, elves could only die in two way, if they were mortally wounded or from a broken heart and Legolas had just lost the only woman he loved less than an hour ago. They were also underground and in great darkness.

Legolas seemed to understand his friends concern. "I'm not going to fade anytime soon…"

"Perhaps it would be in all our best interest to think more like the hobbits, in these dark times. Hebo estel, my friend, sometimes it is all we can have." Said Aragon putting a reassuring hand on his friends shoulder before walking along with the rest of the group. Perhaps Aragon was right, it was a fool's chance that Alanna was alive and there was little hope to be had, but sometimes hope is all you can have.

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Alanna winced as her hand slipped and she cut herself on yet another rock. They had been travelling into the night because the trail was so dangerous it was taking longer than expected. In a way she was glad for the distraction because it meant she did not have to think about the fact that she was away from Legolas and the pain he must be going through no knowing she was alive.

"Remind me never to let you take me on another short cut again." She called to James pausing for a moment before starting to wrap more linen from her knapsack around the new wound.

"You'll thank me when you have more elves to ogle." Said James rolling his eyes.

"I don't need more, I just want the one you took me away from. He's probably devastated." Said Alanna rolling her eyes as well.

"Well aren't we full of ourselves." Said James with a smirk.

"Would you be devastated if the woman you loved told you that she loved you only to be two minutes later be crushed by a rock slide?"

"Uh, yeah, but it's not very likely to happen back at home so, guess I don't have to worry about it." Said James. Alanna noticed after they climbed over that last rock they had suddenly entered a vast green forest, so dense it blocked out most of the light from the stars and moon.

"James, is this Lothlorien?" Said Alanna looking around for a moment before noticing James was standing with his hands up in surrender. The reason he was standing this way was because six elfin guards had them surrounded and were pointing arrows at them. Alanna followed suit until another elf stepped forward and the guards lowered their weapons.

"None have ventured on that path in a long time, but The Lady of the Wood said this was the path you would take. I will lead you to a place to rest and since you look weary from travel in the morning we shall escort you further into the woods to meet with her." Said the elf much to Alanna's relief in common. She thought he looked a lot like Haldir in the movies but she did not want to assume.

Alanna opened her mouth to great him but James beat her to it. "I am James, this is my friend Alanna, we thank you for your kindness."

"I am Haldir." Said the elf nodding at each of them in turn.

Haldir showed them to a place in the trees where a scout tower had been perched where they would all rest for the night. James who had travelled quite a lot in a short amount of time was very tired and went to sleep almost instantly. Alanna on the other hand had too much on her mind and sat leaning against the wall. She noticed although most of the other elves ignored her Haldir seemed to look at her with curiosity.

"I'm not very tired." She said thinking perhaps he was confused as to why she was not resting.

"Whether you rest or not is your choice Milady, what I was noticing was that the cloak you wear bares the symbol of Mirkwood." Said Haldir. One of the other elves turned to Haldir and said something to him in elfish, although Alanna could only pick up a few words he basically said men have become thieves and it was likely stolen.

"I did not steal it and yeah just because I'm mortal does not mean I can't understand you." She said sharply. She had after all had a rather trying day and did not like being accused of being a thief. The elf who had spoken earlier still looked at her with suspicion so she clarified. "It was lent to me by the one I love because I was cold, we have been separated and I thought perhaps The Lady of the Woods could help me."

"That is not just the symbol of Mirkwood but one of royalty." Said one of the other scouts.

"I suppose it is, it belongs to Legolas Greenleaf." She said shifting uncomfortably when the rest of the elves looked at her incredulously. "Is it safe to go for a short walk, I need a moment to myself." She said to Haldir

"Do not stray too far." Said Haldir nodding and showing here where to climb down the tree. She winced slightly on the way down because of the cuts on her hands but once she was down there she headed in the direction that was deeper into the forest. After walking for awhile thinking about what the fellowship and Legolas were going through and hoping things would follow the original storyline and nothing would happen to him. She was so much in though she hardly noticed that she had no idea where she was now or how to get back to where she was before, usually at a time like this she would run into Legolas but he was quite far from here.

Eventually she grew tired and found a spot beneath one of the great trees and using the cloak she wore as a blanket drifted off to sleep. A few hours later she woke to sunlight streaming in through the trees and the feeling that someone was watching her. She woke with a start for a moment before calming down when she realized she was not in danger.

Standing over her was an elf that she could only assume was Galadriel looked at her with a bemused expression. There was something haunting beautiful about the she elf and like many of the characters she looked very much as she appeared in the films.

"Your friend has been worried about you all morning, shall I tell him you wish to be found now?" She said looking at her with those intense blue eyes.

Now that it was light out Alanna realized she was just on the outskirts of the capitol city. She must have been walking for longer than she realized. "Um…yes." She said still slightly groggy from sleep.

"Didn't Haldir tell you not to wander too far?" Said a concerned James who had just spotted her after looking for her all morning. The elves had tracked her this far but for a while where unable to find her even though they were right in front of her.

"I was near the city, I was fine." Said Alanna rolling her eyes.

"Yeah right you've been here the whole time and I just didn't notice it." Said James sarcastically. Which made Alanna confused until Galadriel clarified.

"Your mind was troubled child of another world; you were in great need of rest. It was better you were not disturbed." Said a voice in her head. She recognized it to be Galadriel's and wondered how she knew her mind was troubled, then again she was the Lady of the Wood and there was a certain mystery about her.

"Thank you for finding her, Lady Galadriel." Said James with a slight bow before ushering Alanna towards one of the rooms they had been given to stay until the Fellowship arrived by Galadriel. "Why did you walk off last night?"

"I'm sorry I just needed to be away from things for awhile. Elves can be very condescending."

"Hey, you're the one in love with one not me." Scoffed James.

"Legolas is different." Said Alanna rolling her eyes.

"Well all I'm saying is you better get used to it, because not many are going to like the idea of you two together, if you really do love him it's something you're going to have to deal with the rest of your life." Said James in a matter of fact sort of tone.

"Yeah, I guess. What do you think if it?"

"I don't know what the hell to think anymore, Alanna. Plus I hardly know the guy but it's a little weird you fell in love with someone for the longest time I thought was a fictional character. You're probably not coming back are you?"

"Probably not, I think my place is here now. It's kind of sad but sometimes I hardly remember what Earth was like."

"Hey, I don't blame you this place is awesome and I suppose it's like the saying goes, home is where the heart is right?" Said James with a smile. It was weird to see his friend grow so attached to a place in such a short amount of time. It was also strange for him that it suited her so well, having seen her now one would things Middle Earth had always been her home.

"Yes, I suppose it is." She said with a sigh. She just hoped more than anything that Legolas was alright. It would be a few days before the Fellowship reached Lothlorien and they still had some battles in Moria and the loss of Gandalf to cope with. Part of her wished she was with them now, to share in these hardships instead of safely sitting in Lothlorien. She missed having friends to talk to, sure she had James but things between them had changed. He had matured greatly from his experience in Middle Earth and joked far less often with her than he had before, part of her missed the old James. After James left the room, she decided to take a bath to do something to keep her busy and because she imagined she was quiet filthy. She noticed someone had provided her with a change of clothes, a dress once again. She was beginning to think that perhaps when all this was over she should invest in such a garment so she would not need to keep borrowing ones for random people.

She dressed in the white garment and headed down the stairs to go for a walk once again, this time being very mindful to stay inside the city. For now all she could do was enjoy the beauty of Lothlorien and wait for the Fellowship to return.

At one point during the day she ran into James and the two of them talked a bit about the news James had heard.

"So, what are you going to do now that this whole thing was just a sham?" Asked Alanna.

"I don't know, probably still write a book about my experience, get it published and what not." Said James with a shrug.

"It's strange though isn't it, knowing we can just experience this place rather than actually having to research it. To be quite honest I'm kind of glad I don't have to take notes anymore when I come back, well actually I suppose I'm not coming back am I?"

"I couldn't keep up a long distance relationship with my girlfriend across the state; I don't exactly think a cross universal relationship would be the best idea." He said with a laugh.

"True."

"Hey, when I actually meet the elf you know I'm going to have to give him the sort of concerned big brother talk right? I mean cause you're like a sister to me and I have to look out for you."

"Do what you must, just don't ambush him about it alright?"

"Sure, fine. Hey do you know what else I was just thinking, do you think the Fellowship will like me? Because if I met up with you guys sooner I would have at least know Gandalf but now they might not trust me."

"I'm sure we can figure something out." Said Alanna looking off in the distance, she just had to keep telling herself if would only be a short while before she met up with them once again.

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